Clifford W. Ashley files, 1904-1979.

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Clifford W. Ashley files, 1904-1979.

Includes original correspondence between the Delaware Art Museum and the New Bedford Whaling Museum relating to Ashley and an exhibition of his paintings, letters from Ashley to Willard S. Morse, catalogs of exhibits held at Wilmington, Del., and Massachusetts of Ashley's paintings and drawings, illustrations of Ashley's works from books and magazines, and a photograph of Ashley taken at his Wilmington studio.

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New Bedford Whaling Museum

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Morse, Willard S. (Willard Samuel), 1856-1935

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Morse was born on June 12, 1856 in Ware, MA; at age 15 he began an apprenticeship in a machine shop in Taunton; moved to the West, where he first worked as a clerk in the Denver post office, and then in the office of the Consolidated Virginia mine at Virginia City, NV; later became a mining executive in the West and Mexico; moved to New York City in 1906, where he was made a director and member of the executive committee of the American Smelter Securities Co., Chilean Exploration Co., and Braden...

Ashley, Clifford W. (Clifford Warren), 1881-1947

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Painter and illustrator, chiefly of marine subjects; b. in New Bedford, Mass.; resided in Wilmington, Del. (1901-1913); d. in Westport, Mass. From the description of Clifford W. Ashley files, 1904-1979. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70973993 Marine painter, writer, illustrator. Dedicated most of his artistic and literary work to the subject of whaling. From the description of Clifford W. Ashley papers, 1903-1964. (Unknown). WorldCat reco...

Delaware Art Center

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Opened in 1938 as the Delaware Art Center, Wilmington, Del.; name changed to Delaware Art Museum in 1970. From the description of Delaware Art Center records, 1942-1950. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 70978041 ...